Surgical & Perioperative Nursing MCQs

Damage-control surgery is abbreviated surgery to control bleeding and contamination in a physiologically unstable trauma patient.

Haemorrhagic shock is circulatory failure caused by acute blood loss and inadequate tissue perfusion.

Tension pneumothorax is progressive pressurised pleural air causing respiratory compromise and obstructive shock.

Acute appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix often producing migratory right-lower-quadrant pain.

Small-bowel obstruction is mechanical or functional blockage causing pain, vomiting, distension and reduced passage of stool or flatus.

Acute cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, commonly due to cystic-duct obstruction by a stone.

Intestinal perforation is a full-thickness breach of bowel that may release contents into the peritoneal cavity.

Necrotising soft-tissue infection is a rapidly progressive infection causing fascial and tissue necrosis and requiring urgent surgery.

Thyroidectomy is surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland.

Splenectomy is surgical removal of the spleen, increasing long-term risk from encapsulated bacteria.

Acute cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, commonly due to cystic-duct obstruction by a stone.

Inguinal hernia is protrusion of abdominal contents through the inguinal region.